The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1887-05-13

7 i-NIeoo 7luIill came peltlnE On Llell
n.Sa.ts, tney beat upon the door, saving
,. Lei me in let me inin the door did n 1t open
TT ~ Years they were invited. Taey ex
! Pe~es1 20 come in; but the Anted luvians
slai We must cultivate these fields
We must be worth more fo.ks Of
sneep and herds Of cattle; we win wait
ei'ii We get little older; we will enjoy our
~ - . salLh httle longer. But meanwhile
ne storm was brewing. The fUtint aims Of
+ 800. ,.sasen were filling up. The pry was being
ilaoed beneath the foundations Of the great
ye1p The last year had come, the last month.
slie hist week the last day, the last hour, the
-. moment In an awful dash, ar. ocean
SSIopp,i rom the sky, and another rolled up
.tetl oeleiiih; and God rolled the 18th and
mo one wave OF universal destruction.
~ - men now put of going into the ark
~ I1,isy say they will wait twenty years first
my WI have little longer time with their
- aissoeiates. They will wait un:ii they
- Older. They say: You cannot e.zpect a
n-4h Oh my attachments and Of nv pos ton to
s. aiIeiiler myself Just now. But before the
stniin comes, / will 70 in Yes | will L
know what / am about Trust me > After
awhile; one night about twelve O'Clock, going
nome ne passes a sca.folding as gust OF wind
strikes Z and plank falls. Death and ottide
the ark Or riding in the park. a reckless vehicle
crashes INTO hun. and his hor4e becomes un-
man seahie, and he shouts, a. Whoa, Whoaln
M iakes another twist in the reins. and
plants his feet against the dash board. and
pulls hack. But no use. II e not so much
down the avenue that he flies as on the way
70 eternity. Out Of the wreck Of the crash
uls body IS drawn, but his 49, il
not picked up. It - q
swifter c9urser into II
Deadi and outside the "a
Haonentarily increases, until Is slirieks on
with paiE. Tho doctors come in, and they
give HIM twenty drops, fifty drols. sixty
drops, but no relief. Notime for prayer. No
time toread one Of the promises. No time to
get a single sin pardoned. The whole house
IS aroused in alarm. The children scream.
The wife faints. The pulses fail. The heart
stops The soul flies. Oh, my God dead
and outside the ark
have no doubt that derision kept many
people out Of the ark The world laughed to
see man 90 In, and said: Here Is a man
starting for the ark. Why, there will beno
delnge II there Is one, that miserable ship
VII not weather it. Ahal going into the ark
" ell that IS too good TO keep. Here. fellows
have you heard the newsi This man is going
INTO the ark Under this artillery Of sco-n
the mans good resolution persisted.
And 50 there are hundreds kept out by the
fear OF derisi0l The young man asks him
self; What would they say at the store to-
morrow morning, il should become Chris
L
would shout: Here comes that new Chris
tan Suppose you are praying now. Get
down on your knees and let us hear you pray.
Come, now, give us a touch. VIII not do it,
chi Pretty Christian you are'n Is it not the
fear OF being laughed at that keeps you out Of
the kingdom Of God, Which of these scorners
viii kelp you at the lasti When you lie down
on dying pillow, which of them will be |
therei In the day Of eternity, will they bail |
you outl
Ny friends and neighbors, come in right |
away. Come in through Christ. the wide |
door-the door that swings out toward You |
Come IN, and be saved. Come and be happy. |
This Spirit and the Bride say, Come Room ,
IN the ark Room in the ark
But do not come alone. The text invites I
you 70 bring your family. Como thou and
all thou house That means your wife and
your children You cannot drive them ir;.
II Noah had tried to drive the pigeons and
the doves into the ark, he would only have
icattered them. Some parents are not wise
about these things They make iron .Iules about
and they force the catechism down
he throat. as they would hold the child's nose
md force down dose Of rhubarb and calomel.
on cannot drive your children into the ark.
you can draw your children to Christ but
Iou cannot coerce them. The cross was
ilted, not to drive, but to draw. IF be
flied mp viii draw all men unto me- As
he sun draws up the drops of morning dew,
o the Sun OF righteousness exhales the tears
I repentance.
Come thou and all thy house into the ark
'e sure that you bring your husband and
vie with you How would Noah have felt
Z when he heard the rain pattering on the
oof Of the ark, he knew that his wife was
utside IN the storm No; she went with
outward bound for heaven, but your conn
anton IS unsheltered. You remember when
be marriagesring was set. Nothing has vet
cen able 10 break it. Sickness came, and
be finger shrank, but the ring staid on. The
vain stood alone above a childs grave, and
he dark mouth Of the tomb swallowed up a
nousand hopes but the ring dropped not
ito the open grave. Days Of poverty came,
nd the hand did many a hard DAYS work (;
u the rubbing Of the work against the
ing only made 1t shine brighter. Shall that
ing ever be lostl VIII the iron clang Of the
crush it foreveri pray God
nat you who have been married on earth may
e together in heaven. OH by the quiet bliss
your earthly home; by the babes cradle;
= all the VOWS Of that day when you started
fe together, beg you to see 10 it that you
9th get into the ark
Come IN, and bring your wife or your hus-
and with you-not by fretting about re
gion, or ding longing them about religion,
Ut by a consistent life, and by q compelling
- q AiAdl eildll uIlliS the iuIODc OF bOl |
OWN into your bedroom. Better live in the
lal4nsshoEse in Brooklyn and get into heaven ;
nan ~ fifty years in the finest house on {
and wake up at last and J
md tina one of you. for all eternity, is out /
..de Lark Go home tonight; lock the
'or blSsfour room; take up the Bible and
,ad it together. and then kneel down and
lnimend your souls TO Him who has watched /
ou all thess years; and, before you rise,
lere will be fiuttering of wings over your
sad, angel crying to angel: behold they
But this does not include ali your family. !
rlng the children too God bless the dear :
llldren! What would our homes be with
II themf We may have done much for $
lem They have done more for us What !
slliNe Ln- a wounded heart there is in the soft
- OF ehiids handi Did harp or flute
ier nave such music as there is in a child's
svVI lllght4 From our coarse rough life the
lseis OF Tod are often driven back: but who !
,iiss INTO the nursery without feeling thai
igets are towering arounds They who die
.i.,..es * INTO glory, but you are expect
= yoor children TO grow up in this world Q
, II !, not question, then, that rings through !
the, corridors, and windings, and heights Z
"a depths OF your soul. what i re H.. :
.iis OF your sens and daughters for time
~ Ief eternity. .Oi= you saw. ~ mean q
- mat they have good manners Svery well.
ira - tueui eelif II 1 nave myself to "A
snaoDy- Very good Il shall give them an ~
lesiiionf and shall leave them a fortune y
~ well But IS that alli Don't Won mean h
laks them INTO the arkl Don't you know .,
y me storm Y coming, and that ont al
'i n there IS no safety no parionl no hope. T
How to get them inl Go in yoursa,s U
an had staid out, do you not suppo-[<
4. stns, sfsn, Ham, and JaphS1 -. lur
"a oatf Your sons and dau1 - In
to do just as you do. Reject Christ MY 81
!, and the probability is that your childn& 3,
! reject HIM a. ~
IN account was taken of the religious con- so
ION OF families In a certain district. In the Ia
allies OF plous parents, two-thirds Of the OIL
iaren were Christians In the families ~
ere The parents were ungodly, only one -, -
-dth OF the children were Christians. Re ii,
nsibie as you are for their temporal exist a
e you are also responsible for their eter- m
W his-. way will you take themt Out "a
2 &c deluge, or into the ark Have you ,ei
T MAZE one earnest prayer for their i'm az ~
rial souls. What viii you say in the +
s1nent when God asks: .'Mhere IS George, thi
Henry, or Frank, or Mary, or Annas 10
ere are those precious souls whose inter ne
committed into your handsf" IL
dying son said 10 his father: Father, wa
gave me an education, and good man abb
: and everything that the world could DC thi
me- but, father, you never told me how no
ne AMI uprV soul Il e-ofufr ont the lcf